These are excerpts from records transcribed originally from Richmond County, NC Estate Records 1772-1933 (Hardy-Meekins) Book II (Index-NOPQRS). These same records can be found in the book, "Our Native Heath-Richmond County, North Carolina 1779-1899," by Myrtle Bridges.

The following article was first published in the American Historical Magazine; University Press, Volume 8; Date: 1902. Click here to open or download the complete publication in Adobe Reader. Also, click here to read another transcription of the Stewarts of Ledcreich history by Patrick Stewart published in the Invincible - A Magazine of History, Volume 1, Number 2, April 1913.

More on Patick Stewart of Ledcreich lineage as dictated to his son, Charles, in 1763

The following chapter titled, "Stories of Colonial Families - Stuart of South Carolina", was published in the American Historical Register (1894-95); The Historical Register Publishing Company; pages 441-445; Date: 1895. Click here to open or download these pages in Adobe Reader.